Boot or shoe.



No. 668,364. Patented Fab. I9, |964. w. wEGMAN-Bossm. BOOT 0R SHOE.

(Application led Jan. 31, 1900) (No lodel.)

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er trein@ WALTHER WEGMA-BOSSERT, OF ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, ASSIGNOR TO EMIL WUHRMANN-LAUFFER, OF SAME PLACE.

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 668,364, dated February 19, 1901.

Application filed January 3l, 1900. Serial'llo. 3,549- (No model.)

To a/ZZ L11/tom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTHER WEGMA- BOSSERT, a citizen ot' Switzerland, and a resident of Zurich, Switzerland, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Boots or Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide an improved closing device for boots and shoes, said device being adapted to be easily and readily operated, as hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, Wherein- Figure l is a side elevation of a ladys boot equipped with the improved closing device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of another boot. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the closing device having four spiral springs. Fig. A: is a side elevation. Fig. 5 shows a plan view of a closing device having two spiral springs. Fig. 6 Ais a side elevation.

The improved closing device is composed of spiral springs b, and I preferably employ two or four spiral springs, arranged substantially parallel with each other and secured at one end to a small cross-piece a, the ends a2 of which are turned downwardly at right angles for the purpose of securing the same to the uppers of boots and shoes. Washers g,

' ends a2, provide a perfect fastening of the latter to the leather. The opposite ends of said spiral springs are secured to a link on', to which is pivotally attached a double eye d c, the part d of which is hinged to the part c and serves as a handle, While the part c, hinged to the cross-piece a, engages the hook e, suitably secured on the opposite edge of the shoe or boot. An ornamental plate f may be slipped over the spiral springs, as shown in the drawings. A slight pull on the eye d serves to engage the eye c With the hook e or to disengage the same from the latter.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A closing device for boots and shoes, connprising a plurality of spiral springs, a crosspiece to which the ends of said springs are attached, said cross-piece adapted to be secured to the uppers of the"shoe, a double eye attached to the other ends of the spiral springs and adapted to engage a hook secured on the opposite side of the uppers, said double eye provided with a pivoted part serving as a handle, substantially as set forth.

VALTH. WEGMA-BOSSERT.

Witnesses E. WUHRMA-LAUFFER, M. MEIER. 

